With the rejection of his last-ditch plan to seek opposition backing for his government, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday appeared set to resign.
Mohamad Redzuan Mohamad Yusof, a minister in the Prime Minister’s Department for Special Functions, told the Malaysiakini online news site that Muhyiddin would submit his resignation to King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah today.
“Tomorrow, there will be a special Cabinet meeting. After that, he will head to [the palace] to submit his resignation,” Redzuan was quoted as saying.
He said the prime minister told members of his Bersatu party at a meeting yesterday that he had exhausted all
Rescue workers were scrambling to find survivors after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti, killing at least 304 and toppling buildings in the Caribbean nation still recovering from a devastating 2010 quake.
The epicenter of the quake, which rattled homes and sent terrified locals fleeing for safety on Saturday morning, was about 160km by road west of the center of the densely populated capital, Port-au-Prince.
Churches, businesses, schools and homes crumbled in the quake that trapped hundreds of people under rubble and left at least 1,800 people injured, the Haitian Civil Protection Agency said.
Rescuers raced against the clock to find survivors, with
The operators of the country’s four largest MRT metro rail systems have predicted combined losses of up to NT$10.156 billion (US$364.54 million) due to low ridership after the nationwide COVID-19 alert was raised to level 3 on May 19.
For the year, Taipei Rapid Transit Corp estimated losses of NT$5 billion to NT$8 billion, Taoyuan Metro Corp forecast NT$900 million in losses for its line from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Taipei, Taichung Mass Rapid Transit System Co predicted losses of NT$656 million and Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp estimated NT$600 million in losses, the companies said on Saturday.
In 2019,
At the peak of the whaling industry, in the late 1800s, North Atlantic right whales were slaughtered in their thousands. With each carcass hauled on to the deck, whalers were taking more than just bones and flesh out of the ocean. The slaughtered whales had unique memories of feeding grounds, hunting techniques and communication styles; knowledge acquired over centuries, passed down through the generations and shared between peers. The critically endangered whale clings on, but much of the species’ cultural knowledge is now extinct.
Whales are among the many animals known to be highly cultural, says Hal Whitehead, a marine biologist
The US Congress has become alive to the China challenge. Lawmakers have introduced hundreds of bills to address specific concerns regarding Chinese behavior on the international stage.
They have also moved on two comprehensive proposals that address the problem-set in the broadest possible way.
It may be a new, third comprehensive proposal, however, that points to the future.
The first of the big bills was initiated in February, when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) tasked a range of committees to come up with comprehensive legislation. The resulting bill the United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) passed the full Senate